<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">From today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail-asset-masthead" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px 0px 40px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><header class="gmail-asset-header" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:42px;margin:0px 100px 0px 0px;font-family:inherit;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.1;color:inherit">Moscow City Council approves budget in heated hearing</h1><h2 class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin:10px 100px 10px 0px;font-size:24px">Some residents angry over motor bridge line item</h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:20px;margin-right:100px"><ul class="gmail-list-inline" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;list-style:none"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">By Taylor Nadauld, Daily News Staff Writer</span></li> <li style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px"><time datetime="2017-08-08T00:00:00-07:00" class="gmail-asset-date gmail-text-muted" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(48,71,121)">Aug 8, 2017 </time><span class="gmail-text-muted" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(48,71,121)">Updated </span><time datetime="9:40 am, Tue Aug 8, 2017" class="gmail-asset-date gmail-text-muted" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(48,71,121)">8 min ago</time></li> <li class="gmail-hidden-print" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px"><a href="http://dnews.com/moscow-city-council-approves-budget-in-heated-hearing/article_58361d22-7bff-11e7-a0d5-835c4d752594.html#comments" class="gmail-cm" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-comments" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span> (<span class="gmail-fb-comments-count gmail-fb_comments_count_zero" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-fb_comments_count" style="box-sizing:border-box">0</span></span>)</a></li></ul></div></header><div class="gmail-share-container gmail-headline-right gmail-pull-right gmail-hidden-xs gmail-hidden-sm" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:right"><ul class="gmail-social-share-links gmail-hidden-print gmail-list-unstyled gmail-stacked gmail-icon" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;list-style:none"><li class="gmail-social-share-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;opacity:0.8;margin-bottom:1px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdnews.com%2Fmoscow-city-council-approves-budget-in-heated-hearing%2Farticle_58361d22-7bff-11e7-a0d5-835c4d752594.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share" class="gmail-fb" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;display:block;white-space:nowrap"><span class="gmail-fa-stack" title="" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;width:2em;height:2em;line-height:2em;vertical-align:middle"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-facebook gmail-fa-stack-1x" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:inherit;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit;width:28px;text-align:center"></span></span></a></li><li class="gmail-social-share-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;opacity:0.8;margin-bottom:1px"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdnews.com%2Fmoscow-city-council-approves-budget-in-heated-hearing%2Farticle_58361d22-7bff-11e7-a0d5-835c4d752594.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share&text=Moscow%20City%20Council%20approves%20budget%20in%20heated%20hearing&via=mpdailynews" class="gmail-tw" target="_blank" title="Tweet" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;display:block;white-space:nowrap"><span class="gmail-fa-stack" title="" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;width:2em;height:2em;line-height:2em;vertical-align:middle"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-twitter gmail-fa-stack-1x" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:inherit;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit;width:28px;text-align:center"></span></span></a></li><li class="gmail-social-share-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;opacity:0.8;margin-bottom:1px"><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BMoscow-Pullman%20Daily%20News%20%5D%20M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ed unanimously. Councilwoman Gina Taruscio said the budget, while not perfect, is for the greater good of the community.</p><div id="gmail-tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="gmail-tncms-region gmail-hidden-print" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:16px;line-height:27px">Other residents thanked the council for including budgeting for the bridge, though some criticized other line items.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 24px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:16px;line-height:27px">“I don’t think Moscow’s had this many people in a budget meeting in the time I’ve been here,” Steed said.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div>
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